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What is the purpose of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?
What is the purpose of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?
- To identify, predict, and evaluate the potential environmental impacts of development proposals (correct)
- To promote economic development without considering environmental consequences
- To maximize adverse impacts on human health and safety
- To avoid any type of social changes likely to occur as a result of a project
What does EIA seek to identify?
What does EIA seek to identify?
- Type, magnitude, and probability of environmental and social changes likely to occur (correct)
- Ways to maximize damage done to the environment
- Irreversible changes and serious damage to the environment
- Economic consequences of a project
What does EIA help determine?
What does EIA help determine?
- Maximization of environmental and social changes
- Promotion of irreversible changes to the environment
- Efficient project implementation strategies
- Ways to minimize the damage done to the environment (correct)
What is one of the consequences that EIA aims to predict?
What is one of the consequences that EIA aims to predict?
What is one purpose of EIA in relation to human health and safety?
What is one purpose of EIA in relation to human health and safety?
What kind of measures does EIA aim to identify for development projects?
What kind of measures does EIA aim to identify for development projects?
What is the purpose of the Screening step in the EIA process?
What is the purpose of the Screening step in the EIA process?
Which of the following is NOT a typical proposal requiring full-scale EIA as mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a typical proposal requiring full-scale EIA as mentioned in the text?
What does the step of Scoping involve in the EIA process?
What does the step of Scoping involve in the EIA process?
Who contributes to effective EIA in the future according to the text?
Who contributes to effective EIA in the future according to the text?
What is considered during the screening criteria in the EIA process?
What is considered during the screening criteria in the EIA process?
When does scoping occur in the EIA process?
When does scoping occur in the EIA process?
What contributes to determining whether a full-scale EIA is required in the Screening step of EIA?
What contributes to determining whether a full-scale EIA is required in the Screening step of EIA?
What is the main purpose of Scoping in the EIA process?
What is the main purpose of Scoping in the EIA process?
